Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Tomkins, Charles, 1757-1823
Title:
Eight views of Reading Abbey / drawn and engraved by C. Tomkins.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for the author, No. 35, John Street, Fitzroy Chapel; and sold by R. Blamire, London; and Messrs. Smart and Cowslade, Reading, 1791.
Physical Description:
[4], 17, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 30 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA690.R28 T66 1791+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
English short title catalogue, T133912

Includes: 'A description of Reading Abbey, taken from Sir Henry Englefield's letter to the Antiquarian Society' and a 'List of abbats'.

With a list of subscribers.

Includes bibliographical references.

Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 290

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. In original green paper wrappers. The inset slip at the beginning announces the possibility of a 'second number', if sufficient support is forthcoming, and mentions the incomplete nature of the 'List of Subscribers'. This List is not present in the Abbey copy.
Subject Terms:
Reading Abbey (Reading, England) -- Pictorial works. | Tomkins, Charles -- Publisher. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1791. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1791.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1791.
Contributors:
Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752–1822.